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Ted Cruz had a huge crowd listening to him today while he was standing on the Des Moines Register soapbox at the Iowa State Fair. Here’s the video of Cruz talking to this huge crowd about abolishing the IRS and working with Congress to pass a flat tax: Watch the Video

Des Moines — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, seeking to regain his standing in this key state in the presidential primary race, spent Monday visiting the Iowa State Fair, where he criticized Republicans in Congress for failing to repeal Obamacare and engaged in at times passionate exchanges with both supporters and critics. Walker kicked off his visit by taking the stage at a traditional venue surrounded by hay bales and known as the "soap box." There he was greeted by a mix of cheers from supporters and boos from protesters. The interactions were raucus at times, with protesters shouting criticisms at...

ABOUT RED BULL SOAPBOX RACE Not to be confused with the youth soapbox derby, Red Bull Soapbox Race is a national race for amateur drivers, which is fueled by creativity and competitive fun – not to mention the need for speed. This unique non-motorized racing event challenges both experienced racers and amateurs alike to design and build outrageous, human-powered soapbox dream machines and compete against the clock in a downhill race. Teams are judged on three criteria: speed, creativity and showmanship. This criteria has inspired a piano, a baby carriage, a rodeo clown, a massive cob of corn, a jail...

voting has started, My son has a entry, "Short Bus Racing" voting is by texting on a cell phone, each cell phone gets 15 votes, text ( car8 to 72855 ) to vote for my son and his team Thanks A picture of the bus http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s480x480/560426_4617099545794_503467495_n.jpg

Child rapist loses both testicals after catching them in a meat grinder Islamic bomb maker has an accident setting off an explosion killing 2000 al Qaida members Osama bin Ladin accidentally beheaded by a bear trap Al Gore stranded in snowstorm after attending a meeting on global warming Cindy Sheehan drafted Fugitive mass murderer hanged after getting his necktie caught in a ceiling fan Alan Coombs is forced to vote Republican after losing a bet with Sean Hannity New York Times is forced to print front page retraction after publishing a story claiming that George W. Bush was responsible for...

n a recent interview I was doing, the subject came up about the social metamorphosis our nation has been through in the last half-century or so. The loss of closeness among old friends, the non-stop lives most of us live and the lack of family unity. Thinking and talking about such things started me remembering some of the things I feel have given my life stability. Simple things that leave indelible impressions on a young mind and gives you a long lasting sense of well being. For instance, it used to be that on a summer evening if you walked...

One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians) you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot and anything else they can think of to call you. Well I’ve been pounded by the media before and I’m still rockin’ and rollin’ and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not. And the truth is that the gutless, gonad-less, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they...

For those of you who are wondering why a former "Clown" with a bad reputation for bashing FReepers would want to come back here with his original screen name, I largely came back to FreeRepublic because of exposure to three websites together with the passage of the recent San Francisco handgun ban. These websites are: www.jpfo.orgwww.jpfo.netinnocentsbetrayed.com/index2.htm If any FReeper has any friends who are even remotely on the "gun grabber" side of the Gun Rights issue he or she should be exposed to these websites. They are a goldmine of information about the DEADLY side of "Gun Control". One hundred...

<p>Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, spoke of . . . Mattie's devotion to peace. "He was deeply aware of global affairs," Carter said, recalling that Mattie was in Children's Hospital's intensive care unit when the war in Iraq began last year.</p>

Clarification There are about a half dozen people out there who correspond with my Soaptalk mail box regularly who literally hate what I write. I don’t know why they continue to read the column when it is obviously so detrimental to their collective blood pressure. I have been called a disgrace to America, and that’s one of the kinder terms they use. They have even said that I was a hillbilly, a result of inbreeding, a redneck, a war mongering s.o.b., a has been, and the list goes on. Well let me pour a little high octane on your condescending...

Republican delegates vote this afternoon on a platform that includes the following passage on civil liberties. "Our forefathers gave individuals four ways to protect themselves against the power of the state: (1) the soapbox (freedom of speech); (2) the ballot box (the right to vote); (3) the jury box (trial by peers); and (4) the cartridge box (right to bear arms). The Republican Party stands against efforts to erode these methods of self-determination."

U.S. House Cons. Resolution number 53YEAS: 422NAYS: 0 NOT VOTING: 13